I always think that I don’t need inspiration for travel, I’m such an avid traveler that just the goal of the trip itself is my inspiration to plan it. But the truth is that I love reading about travels, I read everything: magazines, guides, blogs, surf the web from start to finish, looking for my next destination, my next adventure, my next culinary discovery, the local customs I’ll discover… and a long etc. I love dreaming imagining about how it’s going to be like, I think it’s one of the things I most enjoy in life.

Another thought. Two days ago I started reading a brazilian self-help book my husband recently bought me. I don’t know if he bought it to help me learn portuguese or if because he thinks I need the self-help part of it… anyways, one of the chapters said how you need to learn how to travel to be fulfilled, she emphasized the learn-how-to-travel. At first I laughed about how can one not know how to travel? I afterwards reflected that with time I have also learned how to do it, little by little, destination by destination… I encourage everyone with fear towards the unknown to risk it, to book your ticket, to interact with the locals, to eat their food, etc. It doesn’t matter if you don’t speak their language, you’ll manage!

I want to leave you with my favorites quotes about travel, just to help you inspire for this next summer vacation, for your gap year, for your honeymoon, for your next family trip….

Am I missing any? What inspires you to travel? Please share it with us!

1. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

3. “Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

4. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

About Me

I am a São Paulo based traveler, consultant and entrepreneur.
I am a passionate traveler that has visited over 35 countries. My traveling obsession is to avoid the mass and getting where nobody gets to. I love exploring new places, meeting the locals, enjoying pristine nature and practicing adventure sports. Excellent food and a charming small hotel give the final touch to wonderful journeys.